Display device for goods and prices



April 3, 1928.

E. HERZOG REG IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNE Y Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES EUGENE HERZOG, OF GOLDEN VALLEY, NORTH DAKOTA.

DISPLAY DEVICE FOR GOODS AND PRICES.

Application filed August 19, 1926. Serial No. 130,178.

My invention relates to a display device and the object is to provide asimple, inexpensive and efficient device adapted to be slidably'supported on a horizontally arranged bar and having one or more claspingdevices of which a lower one engages goods and articles to be displayedand an upper one engages and holds a card or ticket indicating the priceand also other information if so desired about the goods or articlessuspended in the lower clasping device.

My device is formed of a single integral piece of wire forming the upperand lower clasping jaws and also pressing elements for opening the jawswhile they receive the goods.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 isa side elevation of a suitably supported horizontal bar and oneof my clasping devices mounted thereon and holding an article and aprice indicating card above it.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22' in Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the device pressed by thefingers so as to open the goods holding jaws.

Fig. 4 is a view showing the clasping .device further modified andimproved for holding various forms of articles, a purse being shown.

Fig. 5 is a modification of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 5. V

Fig. 7 is a side view of another modification and Fig. 8 is a section online 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 5 designates ahorizontal bar which may be suspended by chains 6 or other hangers, orsecured to a pair of posts or uprights (not shown). The bar may besimply a wire or cable.

Each clasping device is formed of a single piece of wire, of which eachend portion, 7 in Fig. 1, forms a press button 8 while the body of thewire forms the lower resilient clasping jaws 9 in which the goods, suchas the article 10, is held and the upper jaws 11, between which theprice ticket 12 is held frictionally between the jaws.

Each jaw 9 having its wire bent at 9 and from that point returnedupwardly, it forms two slightly spaced parallel segmental bearings 13,which guide loosely against one side of the bar 5, while similarbearingson the other jaw meet loosely against the opposite side of thebar. Said lower jaws are bulged apart at 14 while in the modificationFig. 4 they are also be more capable of holding various forms of goods.Thus in Fig. 4 is shown how the handle 15 of a hand bag or purse 16 maybe held in the jaws, and of course various other articles may be thusheld in the small or large spaces between the jaws.

Each clasping device may be resilient enough to be placed on or removedfrom the bar without passing it over one end of the bar, although it mayalso be passed in and out over the end of the bar in such a positionthat it straddles the hanger 6.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown how I may place movable'rings 17 on the bar 5and from each of such rings suspend wires 18 having their lower endsformed with hooks 19 in which are easily and removably placed either theloop 13 or the ring shaped jaws 11 of my goods and ticket holding deviceproper.

In Figs. 7 and 8 is shown that instead of a ring 17 I may use a piece ofsheet metal .20

arched over the bar 5 and secure the wires 18 to the parts of the archdepending at both sides of the bar.

What I claim is:

1. In a price tag and goods holder of the class described a verticallydisposed single wire device comprising a coil spring top part, clampingjaws formed below said top and directed downwardly and arranged to bespread in a plane at right angles tosaid coiled top and to spread thecoils of the latter when said jaws are spread, said jaws formed of twoarms of said wire coil extend ed downwardly to the terminus of each armthence upwardly and directed horizontally past the opposite jaw to forma shoulder, and thence downwardly to form a presser arm each arrangedjust below said top coil corrugated as at 145, so as to and adjacent theupper part oir' the adjacent EUGENE HERZOG.

